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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. Henry B. Moorer, a farmer of Lauderdale County, and a brother of W. H. Moorer, was born in the county September 16, 1850, and remained on the farm with his parents until eighteen years of age, when he went to Near York, and entered Bellevue Medical College in that city, graduating from the college in March, 1871, and then returned, to Durhamville, Tenn., where he engaged in the practice of medicine, which his fine advantages and natural aptitude for that profession most ably prepared him for. December 15, 1875, he was married to Miss Ella Henning, who was born at Durhamville, March 3, 1857. Three children have been born to this marriage: Allen M., born January 26, 1881, and died December 17, 1883; Henry B., born May 14, 1883; Earl H., born July 31, 1885. Dr. and Mrs. Moorer are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In politics he is a Democrat, and is a Mason, having received the degree of Most Excellent Master in the order. In 1878 Dr. Moorer moved to Henning, Tenn., and gave his attention to farming, owning over 1,000 acres of productive land; he has been a resident of Lauderdale County all his life, and is a most popular, entertaining and hospitable gentlemen.

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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in the book,  The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Lauderdale County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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